Matt 236 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 I'M A BACK SEAT ANARCHIST! WHO CARES! THIS TOPIC IS GETTING MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THAN Colossus'S RESTRAINTS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 I'M A BACK SEAT ANARCHIST! WHO CARES! THIS TOPIC IS GETTING MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THAN Colossus'S RESTRAINTS! Impossible. Simply impossible. 400400 and MattyMoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 C'mon guys can't we all just talk about when Colossus is never going to get repainted as per usual? Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 In other news I hear Colossus is getting a new tunnel next year Kerfuffle, Matt 236, L7123456 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allgood Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Colossus has new signs on the back of the seats... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomglazed Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Unless I'm doing it wrong but once the restraints are down I definitely don't have a choice but do what the guy in the left diagram is doing... Guy on the right must have detachable shins to pull that move... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk slendercat, CharlieN, Mattgwise and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 These are old signs that have been reprinted. The original restraint you could stick your legs out ect which was dangerous. They have come back in various forms since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzzellio Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I can hardly fit my legs in it, nevermind sticking them back out again! Partaking in geekery since 1985 400400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400400 Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I have size 10 shoes and if I get bigger ones they won't fit in the foot wells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slendercat Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I have size 10 shoes and if I get bigger ones they won't fit in the foot wells Mine are 11 1/2 and I can barely keep them straight! I have to ride front seat or front of each car or my knees get murdered. JamminGamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Just been on Colossus for the first time recently. Have to say I think it is the best ride in Thorpe Park so far (excluding Saw I've not been on which was closed). Only thing that bothered me was the announcements in the station. It sounds so serious, like something you would hear at a train station not a theme park. Might as well be: "Please embark on the 15:08 ride to Colossus. Mind the gap" Also the ride was brought to a halt for quite a while because someone had dropped their belongings on the ride. The attendants slightly passive aggressively telling us "The ride has been stopped because a guest has dropped an item on the ride. Please remove ALL loose items!". Could tell they were annoyed, don't blame them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Colossus has currently been down all day, not even a test train. Engineers have been sat at the bottom of the lift looking at the lower part of the chain, cog and motor. It seems as if it has become jammed and stuck in place by maybe some dirt or something, or the motor has gone... Hope it is not the latter of the two... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkEwan Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 its open now with a 40 minute queue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Noticed when I went a few weeks ago at the end of the day engineers were in the same area, and when I went last Sunday I was on the last train and there was an engineer waiting for it to finish and he kept a close eye on the bottom of the lift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Last time we went it stank of burning oil (or was it rubber?) at the bottom of the lift hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 I have thought about this extensively over the last few hours and believe I have came up with two likely issues. At the beginning of the season when Colossus opened the lift had developed some new noises towards the bottom of the lift which I described as a grinding, sounding as I the metal was wearing itself down. This means one of two things, either the mounting for the lift chain has become damaged and is causing problems, caused by the friction between the chain and the side mounting to the left, which I seems to be rubbing into. This would also create the burning oil smell as the oil on the chain would be being heated to extremely high, abnormal temperatures if this was occurring. The other less likely option Is that, as we know major work, likely a chain replacement happened over the winter, was completed incorrectly to some minor extent, such as possibly the actual chain being a slightly different size, potentially causing it to jam. I personally feel as if the first option is much more likely to be the issue itself, but the latter is still a possibility. At the end of the day this is just speculation, so I wouldn't be surprised I it was another problem. Just thought I would add this on the end, noticed on train 2 at the back and not on 1 as the anti rollback mechanism beneath the floor was being significantly louder then usually and seemed to be heavily scraping either the undercarriage or something up the lift, to a far larger extent then normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slendercat Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Colossus had to be Evaced earlier on the lift, no idea why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2000 Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Same thing happened about 30mins before closing on Wednesday. Reoccurring problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 Staff now wear harnesses on Colossus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 17 minutes ago, OliIzzy said: Staff now wear harnesses on Colossus And on Vampire and Fury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Parry Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 I swear they used to back when I was a regular at the park a few years back. They always had at least one staff member in a harness, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 They used to wear harnesses before, then they stopped, not sure why. Might have something to do with the reliability issues its had recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 It's being evac'd a hell of a lot this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 The reason thorpe used to have the onloader harnessed was to have a quick response to the stranded train, so when a manager arrived the team member could be checked and go up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 It is because if this reoccurring issue surrounding the lift chain, as it is haven to be evacced so often. Its the same reason as to why oblivion operators wear them, because there is often a switch which needs to be reset at the top of the lift, so a normal staff member can go and reset it instead of having to call out engineering... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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